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Geballe Prize

Submit your writing about the Cantor, and you could win $750!

The Geballe Prize was established to encourage Stanford University faculty and students to utilize the Cantor Arts Center as a resource for intellectual discovery by honoring outstanding examples of writing related to the Cantor, its collections, exhibitions, or programs. Submissions may be analytical, argumentative, or creative prose or poetry written by any undergraduate independently or as part of coursework in any discipline. Winners receive a $750 cash award and are recognized at a special program at the Cantor.

About the Geballe Prize for Writing

There are three available awards:

The Geballe Prize for Writing: Creative Prose

The Geballe Prize for Writing: Poetry

The Geballe Prize for Writing: Essay

Each winner will receive a $750 cash award. All undergraduate Stanford University students who write research or expository papers, creative prose, or poetry that relates in some way to the Cantor Arts Center, its collections, exhibitions, or programs are eligible.

Entries should be meticulously revised, edited, and free of any errors in format, documentation, usage, or mechanics. Entries should be ready for publication. Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers for strong and expressive style, complex thought, cogent language, and active engagement with art or related activities at the Cantor Arts Center. Finalists will be invited to read excerpts of their submissions to the public in late May.